By The opinion
26 Jul 2024, 14:55 PM EDT
After the news of the capture of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquin Guzman Lopez In El Paso, Texas, the reaction from the Mexican government was slow to arrive and did not come until the following morning during the morning press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.
The first to address the issue was the Secretary of Security and Citizen Protection (SSPC) Rosa Icela Rodríguez, who ruled out that the Mexican government participated in the arrest of both drug traffickers.
The official also acknowledged not having information on whether it was a delivery by the leaders of the Sinaloa Cartel or if it was a capture by some authority.
Later, it was the Mexican president’s turn to address the issue. During his speech He requested a “full report” on the operation to arrest Ismael “El Mayo” and Joaquín Guzmán Lópezone of the drug trafficker’s sons Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman.
“The United States government must provide a full report, not just general statements, there must be information, there must be transparency,” the president said at his morning press conference.
He asked to clarify whether they were followed from Mexico
Regarding speculations about whether the two drug traffickers turned themselves in or were arrested once they arrived at the airport, López Obrador said: “We have to wait. I am sure that they will inform us fully and then we will be able to know things for sure. We will not be able to stop the speculations.”
According to the EFE agency, the arrest caused controversy in Mexico because López Obrador has criticized the DEA’s interference and even reformed the National Security Law at the end of 2020 to restrict the participation of foreign agents.
He therefore asked Washington to clarify whether the capture of Mayo and Guzmán López occurred when they left in a small plane from northwestern Mexico.
Regarding the fact that the arrest took place on the other side of the border, the Mexican ruler He assured that the United States has “no distrust” of his governmentand that “he has always asked for respect.”
“We do not lie and we do not hide information because we only have the people of Mexico as our master. We are not puppets of any economic or political group, neither in Mexico nor abroad, so the truth, always,” he said.
Finally, López Obrador described the operation as “an important step forward in the fight against drug trafficking” and “a sign that there is joint work, even though in this specific case neither the Ministry of Defense nor the Ministry of the Navy participated.”
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